Samyuktha (actress)

Samyuktha (born on 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film Popcorn (2016).^[1][2]

Samyuktha
Samyuktha in 2018
Born	Samyuktha Menon (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29) Palakkad, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2016–present

Early life

Born as Samyuktha Menon on 11 September 1995,^[3][4] at Palakkad, Kerala;^[5] she did her schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Thathamangalam and she is a graduate in economics.^[6]

Career

Debut and early work (2016-2021)

Samyuktha made her acting debut in 2016 with the Malayalam film Popcorn, where she played the lead opposite Shine Tom Chacko.^[7] In 2018, she had two Malayalam film releases: Theevandi opposite Tovino Thomas^[8][9] and Lilli, where she played the titular role of a pregnant woman.^[10] Cris of The News Minute stated, "Samyuktha Menon is convincing as a pregnant woman, but her lines are flawed."^[11] That year, Samyuktha also made her Tamil film debut with Kalari opposite Krishna.^[12]

The year 2019 was a turning point in her career with six film releases. She first appeared in July Kaatril opposite Ananth Nag.^[13] She went onto appear in Oru Yamandan Premakadha opposite Dulquer Salmaan,^[14] in Uyare,^[15] and in Under World opposite Asif Ali.^[16] Samyuktha reunited with Tovino Thomas for her last two releases of the year, Kalki, where she played a doctor and Edakkad Battalion 06, where she played a teacher.^[17][18] For Kalki, Sify found her to be "decent" in her limited role.^[19] In 2021, Samyuktha worked in four films, Vellam opposite Jayasurya,^[20] the anthology Aanum Pennum,^[21] Wolf opposite Arjun Ashokan.^[22] and Erida, where she played the titular role.^[23]

Expansion and commercial success (2022-present)

Samyuktha had four commercial successes in 2022. Her first release was, Bheemla Nayak, one of the highest grossing Telugu film of the year, opposite Rana Daggubati.^[24][25] She then appeared in one of the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year, Kaduva opposite Prithviraj Sukumaran.^[26] In Bimbisara, she played a police officer opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram.^[27] Later, she made her Kannada film debut with Gaalipata 2 opposite Diganth.^[28] A Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express stated that she justifies her character with her act.^[29]

In 2023, she first played a teacher opposite Dhanush in Vaathi, highest-grossing Tamil film of the year.^[30][31] She went onto appeared in Boomerang opposite Shine Tom Chacko,^[32] and in Devil: The British Secret Agent opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram.^[33] Neeshitha Nyayapati of Hindustan Times stated, "Samyuktha delivers a good performances for the most part. "^[34] Later, she appeared opposite Sai Durgha Tej in Virupaksha, one of the highest grossing Telugu film of the year.^[35] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu noted, "Samyuktha has a good screen presence and makes it count in the later portions that demand something more from her."^[36] She made her Bollywood Debut with Kajol and Prabhudeva as Charantej Uppalapati's Maharagni- Queen of Queens

Media image

Samyuktha at an event

In the Kochi Times Most Desirable Women list, Samyuktha was placed 7th both in 2018 and 2019, and 2nd in 2020.^[37][38][39]

Personal life

In 2023, Samyuktha dropped her surname Menon from her name and said, "When I want to see equality, humanity and love all around, keeping a surname makes it very contradictory to what I want."^[40][41]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2016	Popcorn	Anjana	Malayalam		[42]
2018	Theevandi	Devi			[43]
	Lilli	Lilli			[44]
	Kalari	Thenmozhi	Tamil		[45]
2019	July Kaatril	Revathi			[46]
	Oru Yamandan Premakadha	Jesna Koshy	Malayalam		[47]
	Uyare	Tessa		Cameo appearance	[48]
	Kalki	Dr. Sangeetha			[49]
	Edakkad Battalion 06	Naina Fathima			[50][51]
	Under World	Aishwarya			[52]
2021	Vellam	Sunitha Murali			[53]
	Aanum Pennum	Kochuparu / Savithri		Segment: "Savithri"	[54]
	Wolf	Asha			[55]
	Erida	Erida	Malayalam	Bilingual film	[56]
			Tamil
2022	Bheemla Nayak	Kamali	Telugu		[57][58]
	Kaduva	Elsa Kurian	Malayalam		[59]
	Bimbisara	S.I Vyjayanthi	Telugu		[60]
	Gaalipata 2	Anupama	Kannada		[61][62]
2023	Vaathi	Meenakshi	Tamil	Bilingual film	[63][64]
	Sir		Telugu
	Boomerang	Honey Paul / Anjali	Malayalam		[65]
	Virupaksha	Nandini Chalapathy	Telugu		[66]
	Devil: The British Secret Agent	Nyshada			[67]
2024	Love Me	Divyavathi		Cameo appearance
2025	Maharagni- Queen of Queens †	Mohini	Hindi	Filming	[68]
	Swayambhu †	TBA	Telugu	Post-production	[69]
TBA	Ram †	TBA	Malayalam	Post-production	[70]
	Naari Naari Naduma Murari †	Dia	Telugu	Filming	[71]
	BSS12 †	Sameera		Filming	[72]
	Akhanda 2 †	TBA		Filming	[73]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2021	Kerala Film Critics Association Awards	Best Actress	Aanum Pennum, Vellam & Wolf	Won	[74]
2023	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Telugu	Bheemla Nayak	Nominated	[75]
2024		Best Actress – Telugu	Virupaksha	Nominated	[76]
	Santosham Film Awards	Best Actress		Won	[77]